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Tar Sands Summary
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Oil sands, formerly referred to as tar sands, are sandy substrates that contain large deposits of bitumin, a kind of fossil fuel. Bitumen is a thick, viscous, black, sticky, tar-like form of liquid petroleum, but its physical consistency is...
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Tar sands is a common name of what are more properly called bituminous sands, but also commonly referred to as oil sands or (in Venezuela) extra-heavy oil. They are a mixture of sand or clay, water, and extremely heavy crude oil. The use of the word tar...


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Turbomachinery International
Opportunities in tar sands
09/01/2006: 1,030 words, approx. 3 pages
CANADIAN BOOM INVOLVES POWER EQUIPMENT AND HYDROGEN COMPRESSORS High oil prices and the need for energy security are forcing the oil and gas industry to revisit technologies and resources for oil production, such as oil shale and tar sands, that were considered too...
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Canadian Dimension
Tar sands: environmental justice, treaty rights and indigenous peoples.
03/01/2008: 1,588 words, approx. 5 pages
The application of treaty rights as a legal strategy implemented by the First Nations themselves must be the key focus in efforts to challenge Big Oil in Alberta. Resources and effort must be placed into building the knowledge and capacity amongst First Nations...
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Study: Demand to outpace crude supply
7/16/2007: 512 words, approx. 2 pages
Conventional crude oil supplies won't keep up with growing global demand in the next 25 years and other fuels from ethanol to liquefied coal and oil from tar sands will be needed to close the gap, says a draft oil industry report.The draft report by...
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AP News
Report: Demand to outpace crude supplies
7/17/2007: 512 words, approx. 2 pages
Conventional crude oil supplies won't keep up with growing global demand in the next 25 years and other fuels from ethanol to liquefied coal and oil from tar sands will be needed to close the gap, says a draft oil industry report.The draft report by...
 


 

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